Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) VIII/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) VIII/VIII. Syncretism of Christian and pre-Christian rites and traditions: viburnum berries on a grave. Viburnum (kalina – каліна in Belarusian) plays an important role in pre-Christian traditions: as a (bitter) medicament, as… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 3, 2021
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Photos of the Day for July 2, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) VII/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) VII/VIII. Jabravichy cemetery. Могілкі ў Ябравічах. Looking to the east from the western side of the cemetery. Від на зсход зь заходняй часткі могілак. Looking… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 2, 2021
Photo of the Day for July 1, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) VI/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) VI/VIII. Old barn-door lock. Стары замок.
Photos of the Day for June 30, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) V/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) V/VIII. Village heritage: farmstead structures. Вясковая спадчына: гаспадарчыя забудовы. Well-preserved barn and root cellar. Добра захаваныя хлеў і склеп. As elsewhere, economic degradation under… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 30, 2021
Photos of the Day for June 29, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) IV/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) IV/VIII. Heritage of village architecture: decorations and building details of pre-war homestead. Спадчына вясковага дойлідства: упрыгожаньне й дэталі будоўлі даваеннай гаспадаркі. Traditional decorative wooden window frame (lishtva). Традыцыйная ліштва. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 29, 2021
Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) II/VIII. Belarus is not immune to the worldwide trend of depopulation of villages and rural areas. However, the Belarusian regime’s insistence on retaining collective (state-owned) farming and refusal to return to private ownership of farmland has sharply added to the decay and degradation of rural… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021
Photo of the Day for June 26, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) I/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) I/VIII. Approaching Jabravichy from the southwest. Уезд у вёску з паўднёва-захаду.
Photos of the Day for October 31, 2016
Autumn roads of Belarus 2015: Jabravichy and Kushljany. Восеньскія дарогі Беларусі 2015 г.: Ябравічы й Кушляны. Jabravichy. Classic solid wooden houses on a classic village main street. Ябравічы. Kushljany. This village is known for its splendid museum dedicated to the outstanding 19th-century Belarusian writer, patriot and national revivalist Frantsishak Bahushjevich and located… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 31, 2016